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Shopify Boosted By Amazon Deals
May 05, 2016

If a company in the eCommerce space is looking to make some headway, it couldn’t do much better than partnering with Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Risk Management
So Far, 2016 Is A Boom Year For Retail Bankruptcies
May 05, 2016

This time last year, U.S. companies were going bankrupt at a rate nobody had seen in half a decade. More than 26,000 companies bit the bullet in Q1 2015, giving pundits reasonable cause to worry about the future solvency of the organizations that remained. Get the Full...

Merchant Innovation
Apple Seeks New Innovation Blood From Google X Founder
May 05, 2016

Now that Apple’s less-than-stellar earnings report has had time to propagate throughout the industry, the commonsense takeaway is that the company has lost a piece of the innovation mojo that has defined the brand for so long. Haters beware — Apple isn’t taking that criticism laying...

Women Be Shopping
May 05, 2016

That’s the reductive meme, anyway. But the genuine power that female consumers wield in the retail space – through their savviness, digital connectivity and tireless deal-seeking – is so strong, as recent studies show, that any merchants who don’t stand up and take notice will...

The Mobile Payment Adoption Plan Pivot
May 05, 2016

Try as they might (and they certainly are trying), the big three players in the mobile wallet space — Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay — just can’t seem to get traction with consumers. So, more recently, the mobile wallet companies have changed course...

Merchant Innovation
Target Tells Suppliers To Shape Up Or Pay Up
May 05, 2016

It’s not uncommon for large retailers to have dozens upon dozens of firms working in tandem to support their complex omnichannel interests, and naturally, some of those consultants are going to operate out from under the purview of retailers themselves. That has gotten Target into...

Merchant Innovation
Booking.com Wants Chatbots To Be The New Global Concierge
May 05, 2016

Chatbots are the hot new thing in retail — so hot, in fact, that merchants are scrambling to set up their own conversational commerce platforms without wondering whether their customers even need one. However, Booking.com is one of the few that has a demonstrated plan...

B2B Payments
Traveling Employees Pinpoint T&E Missteps
May 05, 2016

Between automated expense management tools and mobile-friendly T&E solutions, corporate trips and the reimbursement process that follows should be a breeze. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Security & Fraud
FBI To Companies: Don’t Pay Cyberattack Ransoms
May 05, 2016

FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director James Trainor is telling businesses that, though ransomware attacks are on the rise, it’s best not to pay hackers when the situation arises. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...